When did Send Help open? January 30, 2026 — Raimi; McAdams/O’Brien; was wrongly listed as 2027. First Raimi horror since Drag Me to Hell.
Current target date: Friday, January 30, 2026 (Theatrical premiere). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Send Help opened Jan 30, 2026 (20th Century). Raimi; McAdams/O’Brien; ~$94–104M. VOD Mar 24; disc Apr 21. ≠ Jan 30 2027 stubs; ≠ Evil Dead.
Theatrical premiere
Friday, January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026 — Raimi’s island horror already shipped (not Jan 2027)
Send Help opened Friday, January 30, 2026. Raimi’s survival thriller strands McAdams and O’Brien as coworker and boss after a crash, then turns the desert island into a pressure cooker — Shannon/Swift on the page, Elfman on the score, roughly $40M in and ~$94–104M worldwide out.
If a countdown still points at January 30, 2027, it kept the day and invented a year. VOD hit March 24; discs April 21. The multiplex Friday is finished.
Confirmed: Jan 30 2026 Raimi/McAdams/O’Brien theatrical — not 2027, not a streaming exclusive
Confirmed: January 30, 2026 theatrical; Raimi; McAdams + O’Brien; 20th Century; VOD Mar 24 / disc Apr 21 2026. Not confirmed as still January 2027, as an Evil Dead chapter, or as a Disney+ premiere. Fake “Send Help — fall 2026” soft dates are arguing with the finished January card.
From a Sony streaming pitch to a January theatrical island
- 2019 — Columbia sets up the Shannon/Swift survival script with Raimi.
- Sony streaming lean — Raimi pushes back; wants theaters.
- 2024 — lands at 20th Century; McAdams then O’Brien cast.
- Jan 21–30, 2026 — TCL premiere; U.S. theatrical.
- Mar 24 / Apr 21 2026 — VOD then physical media.
What “when” means now that the January Friday already passed
- U.S. theatrical: January 30, 2026 (113 minutes; R).
- Premiere: January 21, 2026 — TCL Chinese Theatre.
- Home: VOD March 24; DVD/Blu-ray/4K April 21, 2026.
- Raimi’s first directed horror feature since Drag Me to Hell (2009).
- Wrong year: January 30, 2027 scrapers — ignore.
Raimi turned down a streaming dump — then Send Help still had to survive a crowded January 2026 horror corridor
The production footnote that matters for SEO: Sony’s early lean was streaming; Raimi refused and forced a theatrical path that ended at 20th Century on January 30, 2026. That is why this page is a cinema Friday, not a “coming soon to Disney+” stub.
Also keep the year honest — the film is already out, past Drag Me to Hell’s worldwide total in some tallies, and January 30, 2027 countdowns are pure scraper math.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When did Send Help come out?
January 30, 2026 in U.S. theaters from 20th Century Studios, after a January 21 premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre. Ignore January 30, 2027 stubs — that year is wrong. Digital followed March 24, 2026; disc April 21, 2026.
2Who stars and directs?
Sam Raimi directs and produces. Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien play an employee and her boss stranded on a desert island after a plane crash. Damian Shannon and Mark Swift wrote the script; Danny Elfman scores.
3Is this Raimi’s first horror since Drag Me to Hell?
As a director, yes — Send Help is his first pure horror feature since 2009’s Drag Me to Hell (after Spider-Man and Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness). It is not an Evil Dead numbered sequel.
4Wasn’t it supposed to be a streaming movie?
Early development at Sony leaned streaming; Raimi pushed for theaters. The finished film shipped theatrically via 20th Century Studios in January 2026 — not a Disney+ day-and-date dump.
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